Wilde's Weekly Wisdom!

Mr Wilde, Head of Computer Science Welcome to Wilde's Weekly Wisdom, a new weekly challenge for all RGS families to enjoy, aimed at flexing brains and building our students' computational thinking through logical reasoning puzzles. The puzzles will be increasingly tough, so families may wish to work collaboratively to crack them. New types of puzzles (with instruction videos) and challenges will appear each week.

Before families tackle the challenges below, as an introduction here, Mr Wilde explains why logical reasoning matters in computing, and how puzzles can help to build logical reasoning skills.

Please see below for puzzle-specific instructional videos, and the weekly challenge. Please email us at communications@rgs.newcastle.sch.uk if you manage to crack the puzzles (photographic evidence of your answer will be required)! Enjoy!

SUDOKU

If you are new to Sudoku, please see Mr Wilde's instructional video here.

There is also a very helpful blog from Mr Wilde, explaining why Sudoku matters in computational thinking.

Challenge 1

			8
4							2
			1	7	6
	7	8
	9			5			6
						3	4
			2	9	3
	1							7
					4

Challenge 1 Solution

Challenge 2

KAKURO

If you are new to Kakuro, please see Mr Wilde's instructional video here.

Some info about logical thinking and computer science from Queen Mary University can be also found here.

Hanjie / Nonogram

If you are new to Hanjie / Nonograms, please see Mr Wilde's instructional video here.

Challenge 1

Challenge 1

KenKen

If you are new to KenKen puzzles, view Mr Wilde's instructions here.

SHIKAKU

If you are new to Shikaku, please see Mr Wilde's instructional video here.

Challenge 1
Challenge 1 solution